Claims
- 1. An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising:
- discrimination means for controlling an ink-jet recording head so a to record an image based on a predetermined recording signal and for discriminating a state of the recorded image;
- determination means for determining a recovery condition for improving the recording condition of said ink-jet recording head according to said discrimination means, said determination means including a ROM for preliminarily storing a plurality of recovery conditions to be selected according to a discrimination result by said discrimination means; and
- recovery means acting on said ink-jet recording head to perform a recovery operation thereon based on a recovery condition output from the ROM.
- 2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said recovery means has a plurality of different recovery mechanisms, and said ROM stores operation times for each of plural recovery mechanisms.
- 3. An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said ink-jet recording head emits ink by generating a bubble according to thermal energy applied thereto.
- 4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said ink-jet recording head emits ink by generating a bubble according to thermal energy applied thereto.
- 5. An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising:
- an ink-jet recording head for recording an image;
- a discrimination member for controlling said ink-jet recording head so as to record an image based on a predetermined recording signal and for discriminating a state of the recorded image;
- a determination member for determining a recovery condition for improving the recording condition of said ink-jet recording head according to said discrimination member, said determination member including a ROM for preliminarily storing a plurality of recovery conditions to be selected according to a discrimination result by said discrimination member; and
- a recovery member acting on said ink-jet recording head to perform a recovery operation thereon based on a recovery condition output from the ROM.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 589,261 filed Sep. 28, 1990, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 500,097 filed Mar. 21, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,977,459, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 370,883, filed Jun. 23, 1989, now abandoned.
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